World through the aperture

A double rainbow arcs over a palm tree in Santa Rosa, California on February 15, 2019. (Photo by AP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Monarch butterflies cluster on tree branches in the Amanalco de Becerra sanctuary, on the mountains near the extinct Nevado de Toluca volcano, in Mexico, February 14, 2019. (Photo by AP)Sediment-filled water is seen in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia February 13, 2019 in this picture obtained from social media on February 15, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Jay Michael Tucker kayaks through the flooded Surrey Resort as the Russian River flows through it in Guerneville, California, February 15, 2019. (Photo by AP)In this February 7, 2019, photo, a player performs on a Mallakhamb pole during an early morning training session at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, India. (Photo by AP)A Tibetan monk walks along an alley in Labrang Monastery ahead of "Sunbathing Buddha Festival", in Xiahe county, Gansu Province, China February 15, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Students hold candles during a vigil to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed after a bomber rammed a car into a bus carrying them in south Kashmir on Thursday, inside a temple in Ahmedabad, India, February 15, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Vehicles are seen as Muslims perform Friday prayer on the road during the Biswa Ijtema in Dhaka, Bangladesh February 15, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Worshipers attend a special Jumu'ah prayer service at the Central Mosque in Lagos on February 15, 2019, on the eve of Nigeria's presidential elections. (Photo by AFP)Autorickshaws pass under a billboard of Atiku Abubakar, the official opposition candidate in the upcoming elections, posted at a crossroad in Aba, one of the pro-Biafran separatist regions, on February 14, 2019. (Photo by AFP)A goat walks on plastic waste, used to reclaim a swamp so that the land can be developed for housing, in the Mosafejo area of Lagos on February 12, 2019. (Photo by AFP)